Protect the owner’s priorities
Coordinate scope, schedule, budget, quality, and contractor interfaces. Maintain clear reporting and accountability while respecting the contractor’s responsibility for means and methods.
Industrial & marine capital projects
Experience that moves
your project forward.
Practical project management from planning through commissioning. Helping owners, contractors, and equipment manufacturers manage scope, schedule, cost, and the decisions that connect them.
40+ years
Industrial and marine project experience
Owner + contractor
Perspective from both sides of the contract
Full lifecycle
Contract award through commissioning
Consulting services
The right support.
At the right stage.
Bring me in for a full project, a difficult phase, or a short-term gap. Each engagement starts with your priorities and a clear scope of responsibility.
Find a workable path forward
Assess schedule and cost concerns, identify delivery constraints, and establish a focused action plan with clear responsibilities and progress tracking.
Keep critical deliveries visible
Support vendor selection, purchase orders, expediting, and delivery tracking. Connect engineering requirements, purchased components, fabrication, and installation needs.
Manage the commercial details
Support scope definition, contract administration, change orders, claims, milestone invoicing, and owner–EPC relationships throughout execution.
Make decisions with current information
Develop budgets, forecasts, schedules, risk registers, and useful progress reports. Set up practical procedures for cost tracking, submittals, and project records.
Bridge a gap in your team
Provide short-term project management coverage or lead an assigned project through engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction coordination, and closeout.
Selected experience
Complex projects.
Practical execution.
Experience across bulk material handling, marine terminals, and operating industrial facilities—where logistics, contractor coordination, and commercial discipline matter.
$12M
Wood yard · Columbus, MSSteel Dynamics · Wood yard delivery & commissioning
Managed scope, schedule, budget, procurement, vendor coordination, construction interfaces, and commissioning for a new wood yard in Columbus, Mississippi.
Challenge: Two 1,250-HP ABB motors manufactured in India faced a nearly year-long delivery instead of the planned six months. A further 45-day sea transit threatened the commissioning schedule and exposed the project to liquidated damages.
Action: Arranged air freight on Antonov An-124 aircraft. The $288,000 decision replaced sea transit and recovered 33 days.
Result: The wood yard was commissioned on schedule, well before the rest of the plant was complete, averting threatened liquidated damages. The project achieved a 33% margin against a 21% target—12 percentage points above goal.
$20M
Operating facilityAutomated wood chip stacking & reclaim
Managed design and construction of a wood chip stacking and reclaim system for Packaging Corporation of America through Bruks Siwertell. Coordinated the project within an existing facility during ongoing operations.
Biomass
Equipment deliveryAltamaha Green Energy · ESI
Managed truck dumpers and a cross-over stacker-reclaimer project, coordinating vendor, customer, and EPC contractor interfaces. Additional work included belt conveyor scope, specifications, and MARAD PIDP grant compliance documents for the AGE Jesup facility.
Terminals
Asset planningNationwide terminal assets · Kinder Morgan
Developed and maintained engineering design standards for liquid and bulk terminals. Assessed facilities for acquisition, developed condition assessments and long-term capital plans, and established maintenance procedures for terminals and marine structures.
About Bill
A career built around
getting projects done.
B.S. in Civil EngineeringTexas A&M University–Kingsville · Summa cum laude
Owner-side and contractor-side experienceIndustrial, marine, and municipal projects
My 40-plus years in industrial and marine project management have given me a broad foundation for solving project problems. I have worked with owners, contractors, engineering teams, and equipment suppliers—from early planning and procurement through construction and commissioning.
Most recently, at Bruks Siwertell, I managed engineered-to-order bulk material handling projects for biomass power, pulp and paper, and terminal customers. Earlier roles at Kinder Morgan, Impala Warehousing, Texas International Terminals, and the Port of Corpus Christi brought experience in terminal assets, heavy marine construction, and capital planning.
I understand how engineering, purchasing, commercial terms, and field execution affect one another. My approach is to keep those connections visible, surface issues early, and give the project team clear information to act on.
Texas Professional Engineer registration: inactive. Consulting services presented here focus on project management.
Working together
Clear priorities. Consistent follow-through.
01
Understand the project
Review your objectives, current status, contract obligations, and immediate concerns. Agree on the support needed and the boundaries of the engagement.
02
Establish the controls
Put a useful schedule, cost picture, procurement priorities, and reporting rhythm in place. Make responsibilities and unresolved decisions visible.
03
Stay close to execution
Follow up on vendors, changes, risks, and commitments. Keep the team informed and support decisions through delivery, commissioning, and closeout.
Let’s talk
What does your
project need next?
Tell me about the project, where things stand, and the support you need. Available for contract consulting, defined assignments, and short-term project management coverage.
Bill Tschoerner
Independent project management consultantBilltco@gmail.com361-563-4347Connect on LinkedInTo start a conversation, include your project type, current stage, and expected timeline.